Rhenish
Rheinisch
A wine from the area around the RhineA wine from the area around the Rhine.
/ˈɹɛnɪʃ/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A wine from the area around the Rhine.
He insists on drinking Rhenish from a stein!
(uncountable)The linguistic varieties spoken in the Rhineland, a continuum between traditional dialects and regional forms of Standard German.
Rheinisch
More definitions
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
regional form of High German:
Origin
From Rhine + -ish (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see Rhēnus).From Rhine + -ish (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see Rhēnus).
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage):Rhine winehock
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable